My chicken hasn't sitting down for almost 3 days straight

[JDriesen]

My chicken's butt is wet, but it doesn't look like there is any pus. Also, she has been standing up for almost 3 days straight. She is a old hen so this might have to do with a little bit of the problem, but other than that, I don't know what is happening. Also, what do I do?

 

[azygous]

You have only provided a couple of tantalizing clues, so I will not try to drag more information out of you and take a wild guess here. Old hens often quit laying for extended periods then will surprise you with an egg. And sometimes this "surprise" backfires and the egg gets stuck and won't come out.

Put your hen in a crate on a thick towel to absorb the fluids dripping out of her vent with plenty of fresh water to drink as this is dehydrating her.

The most important thing is to give her a calcium tablet directly into her beak. If you have no calcium tablets that women take to prevent osteoporosis, give her a Tums. This will encourage contractions to expel the egg.

Watch the towel for the egg remains. If it's broken when it comes out, she will need an oral antibiotic since infection has likely already begun and this can lead to chronic reproductive infection that will kill her eventually. You can get the antibiotic here. https://www.kvsupply.com/item/aqua-mox-250mg-capsules-100-count/P06184/

 

[member 592157]

Has she been standing in that "penguin" stance? From what I've read that could mean an egg is stuck, although they don't usually live that long... Here is a good article on that
https://the-chicken-chick.com/chicken-egg-binding-causes-symptoms/
She may also have something called vent gleet due to you saying her butt is wet.. here is an article on that
https://www.bhwt.org.uk/hen-health/health-problems/vent-gleet/#:~:text=Vent gleet is the common,if kept with infected hens.
Hope this helps! Best of luck!